Frenchies are cute, cud­dly, and woolly??

Get out your nee­dles and remem­ber how to knit and purl, or just have fun check­ing out an unusual slant to a time-honored craft – Knit­ting AND French Bulldogs!

Knit and wear a French Bull­dog sweater. Visit this blog to see a sam­ple worked up and get links to the pat­tern. Por­traits of Dogs in Knitting

Or, if your Japan­ese is good, cro­chet and play with a French Bull­dog toy. Click on the image or link below and scroll down the page to see images from inside the book. If you are an excel­lent cro­cheter, you might be able to just go by the diagrams.

Japan­ese Cro­chet book

The book is also avail­able on Ama­zon, the Japan­ese version.

If you want to get really, really crazy, knit using your Frenchie’s fur as the yarn. Knit­ting with dog fur expe­ri­enced a surge dur­ing WWII when knit­ting mate­ri­als were scarce and con­tin­ues today as a hobby. Page through the book Knit­ting with Dog Hair. They do warn Frenchies pro­vide a “poor har­vest.” Maybe aim for a scarf and not a sweater…

Don’t have a spin­ning wheel? Pay some­one to spin that hair into yarn. Search for “spin­ning dog hair” and you will get sev­eral hits.

While no French Bull­dog gar­ments are rep­re­sented, you might enjoy see­ing some final dog yarn prod­ucts.

Hum…makes one look a lit­tle dif­fer­ently at those fur balls under, and on, the couch.

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